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MATT HECKLER is a solo multi-instrumentalist that barely fits into any ordinary musicalcategory. He tends to keep to the darker side of Appalachian mountain music and earlybluegrass but listen long enough and you’ll soon be transported to the mountains of EasternEurope or a dimly lit bar in Ireland where they honor those who have passed with a gentlyswaying a cappella ballad.After touring almost nonstop for years in support of bands like Devil Makes Three, Lost DogStreet Band, Flogging Molly, and others, HECKLER, like the rest of us, got sidelined by theongoing global pandemic. With the newfound time off, he set to pushing creative boundariesin his home recording studio as far as his mind would allow. Each fiddle, banjo, and guitartrack carefully put in place all the while retaining the grit and energy reflected in his liveshows. Paired perfectly as the sequel to After The Flood, the Blood, Water, Coal album is adefining release in his career.Blood, Water, Coal was performed and recorded by MATT HECKLER with upright bass andbacking vocals provided by Jeff Loops (Lost Dog Street Band). While recording Blood,Water, Coal, MATT HECKLER released The Magnolia Sessions outdoor live set – themaiden release for the now popular series – which made it to #9 on the Bluegrass BillboardCharts. The Magnolia Sessions was still charting upon the release of Blood, Water, Coal,which debuted at #3, leaving HECKLER with two albums running on the Billboard Chartssimultaneously.HECKLER writes, “I started working on this album over a year ago in my home. Ran into alot of snags and problems inherent in self-recording, but being alone, just a mic and myinstruments, was the only way to capture the raw emotions this collection of songs holds forme. Some of these tunes were written over a decade ago, most of them in more recentyears. Others took years to write. But now that it’s done, I can confidently say this album isthe perfect sequel to After The Flood.”

The Rock and Roll Playhouse, a family concert series hosted at historic music venues across the country, allows kids to “move, play and sing while listening to works from the classic-rock canon” (NY Times). Performing songs created by the most iconic musicians in rock history, The Rock and Roll Playhouse band offers its core audience of families with children age ten and under games, movement, stories and an opportunity to rock out in an effort to educate children and explore their creativity. The Rock and Roll Playhouse is an early and often first introduction to a child’s lifelong journey with live music and rock and roll. See you at the show!

 

This concert for kids and families shares the music of the artist named above with a new generation of music lovers, but is not associated with or endorsed by the artist. All children must be accompanied by a parent or adult caregiver. 

 

The Rock and Roll Playhouse knows that little ears are sensitive, so we turn down the volume at our shows.  However, all kids experience music differently and you may find that your child is more comfortable wearing hearing protection earmuffs, such as Baby Banz, which are available for purchase here.

 

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